Quartz...



Category: Oxide mineral
Chemical: Formula Silica
Color: Colorless through various colors close to black
Crystal habit: 6 sided massive, pyramid or prism
Twinning: Common Dauphine law, Brazil law
Clevavage: Indistinct
Fracture: Conchoidal
Tenacity: Brittle
Hardness scale: 7 lower in some varieties
Streak: White
Viterous: waxy to dull when big

Quartz is the second most abundant mineral in Earths crust. There is a lot of different varieties of quartz which a lot of turn into gemstones. Quartz is used in radios, as crystal gems, sandpaper, soap, prisms, glass, paints, clocks, watches, and computers.Quartz is the most common mineral on the face geological environment and is at least a component of almost every rock type.

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